This is an analysis of the poem Divine Compassion that begins with:

Long since, a dream of heaven I had,
And still the vision haunts me oft;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd ebebffdd XdgdffeX hdhdgXff ififaXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101011 11010111 11010111 01001101 11010101 01010001 1100110001 010101100111 01110001 01010101 01011001 1101111 101101001 01001001 1011110101 1111111100101 11011101 01110011 110101101 01010101 110111001 11111111 1101110101 11001010110111 11010111 010101100 10010101 01001111 11010111 0111100100 1101010101 111101101101 000101011 11010101 01010101 01010101 11110101 11111000 1111011111 011111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, no, its are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, has, its are repeated.

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